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Selling my Canon XH A1
Selling my Canon XH A1. Great condition. Has only been used with Panasonic AY-DVM63AMQ tapes. Never used as a deck. Low hours (my guess less than 30 tapes have gone through it). Includes extra battery, cables, manual, PortaBrace rain cover, Magna Case bag, and ten tapes. Shipping depends on location but it will be whatever [...]
Video journalism in Africa
Ruud Elmendorp, whom I’ve posted on before, is a video journalist working in Africa. Ruud wrote about his experiences in the job for the Online Journalism Blog.
A good read for sure.
What Happened with the Docs at Oscar 2010?
Independent journalist Tom Roston writes his thoughts for PBS on what went wrong at the Oscars for the documentary genre. If you watched you saw Music by Prudence director Roger Ross Williams get interrupted by his producer Elinor Burkett who made a complete ass of herself.
When The Cove won you could feel the joy [...]
The Cove
As a big fan of The Cove documentary film I was very disappointed in the way ABC cut them off at the Oscars. Documentaries are by their nature political and controversial. There should have been no surprises.
Another beautiful day
Spring is on the way! It’s a bright sunny day in Halifax and I so love shooting when it’s warm out.
Videojournalist Tips
I’ve updated the VJ Tips page and plan to add much more in the coming weeks. If you have a favourite tip please share it. I’m going to make this the featured topic on videojournalist.ca for now. I’m also going to be adding some how-to video’s to the tip page. Plus I made up some [...]
Video Journalism: Past and Future
Huffingon Post writer and NYU Journalism Professor Joe Peyronnin shares his views on the past and future of videojournalism.
“Fifty years ago the railroad companies struggled until they recognized they were in the “transportation” business rather than the train business. Network news organizations are in the “video journalism” business. Reporters should think of themselves as [...]
VJ Vaughan Smith with the Grenadier Guards
Video journalist Vaughan Smith, a former army captain, was in Afghanistan embedded with the Grenadier Guards. This is his remarkable close-up account from behind enemy lines in Afghanistan shot for the UK’s Channel 4 News.
Videojournalist Jose Iglesias shares Haiti experience
Videojournalist Jose Iglesias had never been to Haiti, but he was familiar with stark images of the impoverished island-nation from his years as a photo editor.
Still, the death and destruction he witnessed following the 7.0-magnitude earthquake last month was beyond anything he could imagine.
“The magnitude of the earthquake didn’t hit me until we got to [...]
Iranian video wins journalism prize
A citizen video that captured the death of 26-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan during the 2009 Iranian election protests has won a prestigious George Polk Award for Journalism.
It is the first winner in a new category for videography created by Long Island University, which bestows 13 George Polk Awards annually.
Shot by anonymous citizens and posted on the [...]
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